Fellow
Current Country
Philippines 🇵🇭
Current City
Dumaguete City
What have you been going through and experiencing?
I have been questioning what it means to be of mixed Asian heritage in Asia, and am experiencing situations that come through my ethnicity.
April 2, 2026
Intuition
Cultivating inner knowing
A question currently animating me about the inner life/spirit is:
How does ethnicity craft privilege in countries of recent colonial emancipation?
April 2, 2026
A question currently animating me about the outer world/universe/multiverse is:
How does the natural world influence placed based value?
April 2, 2026
The practices I’m finding most helpful at the moment are:
Rest
April 2, 2026
A moment I noticed my inner light kindled this month was:
Diving! Something that I had never tried before and fell absolutely in love with. I cannot wait to dive more in the future :)
April 2, 2026
A moment I noticed my inner light dwindled this month was:
While I loved the Philippines, I had a few very uncomfortable interactions with men, which shifted my perspective on the country and how I felt overall.
April 2, 2026
Courage
Aligning action
Assumptions I'm examining right now are:
Happiness
April 2, 2026
I originally assumed:
My happiness in intrinsically tied who I am around, and is dependent on my idea of community.
April 2, 2026
These assumptions are changing:
I have continuously found happiness in moments of solitude, showing me that ist can be a balanced practise.
April 2, 2026
A moment I stepped out of my comfort zone this month was:
Adventuring into the unknown and going off the beaten path! Deciding to forgo the traditional tourist route in favour of living in the jungle for a few days on Bohol island.
April 2, 2026
Compassion
Engaged Empathy
Something that is helping me build trusting relationships here is:
Openness!!
April 2, 2026
Digital Detox Retreat
22
Being intentionally away from technology and distractions has taught me:
How fulfilled my life is when I’m in the mountains, rivers, and trees. The sensation of inner being and connection to the sacred when I’m present with Mother Earth.
October 30, 2025
Gratitude
Peers I'm grateful for:
Wendelien van der Schaar
Your circle posts fill me with such joy. I love your honesty and deep introspection.
April 2, 2026
Meirav Roisman
AHHH thank you so much for our beautiful chat the other day. Genuinely you’re such a cool person, and I cannot wait to see our friendship flourish <33
March 1, 2026
Mariana Mejía Luis Juan
Thank you for sharing your beautiful animation metaphor. I thought it was very poignant and heartfelt, and I felt as though I could relate to it a lot. It was also lovely connecting with you once again!
January 31, 2026
Naomi Løvstad Wettstein
Thank you for our continuing friendship, and always being there to talk, its so lovely learning about your journey in Patagonia <33
December 31, 2025
Kashimani Simasiku
Thank you for your unique perspectives, I love whenever we chat!
December 1, 2025
Kashimani Simasiku
Hey Kash, I am really glad we got to chat last Friday during our one on one chat. It was so lovely getting to know you, and I can’t wait to see how our relationship flourishes!
October 30, 2025
Naomi Løvstad Wettstein
Thank you for our call last week. Even though we haven’t met one another yet, I cannot wait to see our friendship flourish and see where our adventures in the near future will take us <33
September 29, 2025
Douglas Teixeira de Queiroz Santos
Doug! It has been absolutely wonderful being able to get to know you more. Our conversations throughout the past couple of weeks have been so enriching and have really made me think more introspectively about my life, the world, and travel in general <3
September 3, 2025
Catalina Cox
Thank you for your support with helping me navigate timezones! From helping me throughout the UWC app process to even now over 3 yrs later I'm really so grateful for everything you have supported me with <3
July 28, 2025
Peers who have expressed gratitude for me:
Lexi Bennett-Williams
Thank you (to you and Naomi) for leading such a lovely session, I really enjoy discussing this topic!! Also thank you for a lovely meet up, what so comforting to see a familiar face!
November 6, 2025
Naomi Løvstad Wettstein
This wavelength we are riding on, has had me on a high. Being in such similar shoes has allowed for seeds to be planted here. I can’t wait to watch our relationship grow. I look forward to more conversations with you and continuation of these awesome waves. Thank you Lauren!
September 30, 2025
Lydia Belz
reaching out to me when the flight school first started. It helped me to feel more like I was joining a community.
August 5, 2025
Magical Moments
New and Old Friends
Siquijor Island
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Mar 17, 2026
Early on in my travels I met a girl called Annabelle. Her and I quickly became friends, and ended up travelling together for 3 weeks. When we were on Siquijor, we were visited by my very close friend Leopold (who I had met at Pearson College). It was so cool having my new, and old friends with me, and I was reminded how special, and enduring friendship is! On this particular day we went cliff jumping and it was just magical!
Magic.
Barossa Valley
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Mar 28, 2025
A bittersweet goodbye to the end of summer.
Flamingos in the Andes!
Salar de Uyuni
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Sep 27, 2025
Feeling welcomed by the world around me. 4500m above sea level, only myself and my travel companions were at this lake. Without access to wifi (or the world at large!) I felt truly present in the space I was existing in—both physically (the earth and mountains had let me inhibit this space) and mentally (I was at peace, without the buzz of the world beyond).